Furniture leg shoe



Feb. `11, 1936. R E, M|LLER 4 2,030,649

FURNITURE LEG SHOE:

Filed Aug. 4, 1934 ATTORNEY.

door, as shown in Figure v'5. While I have de- 22, small portions'at a time, into the recess i8,

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. the leg. It will be observed that during use, when lshoe retains its horizontal position.

or in any other convenient manner.

\ Reference is now made to Figures 2 and 3, as showing the functioning of my improved furniture leg shoe. Figure ,2 shows the normal position, with the weight of the furniture bearing centrally and di'rectly on the shoe, and Figure 3 shows the leg 25 angled in relation to the shoe, or what is the lsame thing, the shoe angled in relation to the weight of the furniture'bears centrally on the shoe, as shown in Figure 2, the lower surface 28 of the leg 25 will compress thewasherlike element 20 and cause it to approach the rim 30 of flange i6 as clearly appears from Figure 2, when contrasted with Figure 5, which shows the relation of the parts when the element 20 is under little or no compression. When the shoe is angled inv relationl to the leg the eifect is tov cause one side of the lower surface 28 of the leg to contact with andl angle about Vthe rim'30 of flange i8, as shown at the right of Figure 3, and toraise it away from the rim 30 at the opposite `side as shown lat the left in Figure 3. Y At the same time the central portion of element 20 is pulled upwardly by the head 26 of the nail 24 and this pull is resisted by the flange 22 ywhich is held in place in the groove I8, and thisre sfults in Vdeforming the left hand portion of the element 20 as shownin Figure 3, and inV placing it under resilient tension. As soon as this tension is relieved, the shoe will assume its normal posi- I tion as shown in Figure 2. The angling action just described will take Hplace whenever the furniture leg is displaced from the vertical while the The broad base of member I0, the periphery of which lies outside rim 30, keeps it in contact with the floor until a limiting position is reached, when leg and shoe move as a unit. The greater is the weight, the greate the degree of tilting or angling attainable. Where a substance like a good quality of india rubberis used for the elementf'20, even a -very slight force applied in tension will suince to'secure a relatively greatl degree of angling,

and it is in this respect that my invention differsfrom`furniture shoe legs as heretofore conl. structed.

In Figure 4 I have illustrated a second embodiment of my invention. In this figure the attaching member is shown in the form of a pin 32 passing through the element 20 and provided with a head 34 seating in element 20. Pin 32 is` in tendedfor seating' within a socket applied to a furnitureA leg, the construction referred to being standard for fastening shoes, casters, etc.'to furniture. In other respects this form of the invention is identical, in construction and in manner of use, with the form of Figuresl, 2, and 3. In Figure 5 I have illustrated the use of the inner member 20 alone attached to a furniture leg so as to provide a resilient cushion, which eifect is customarily obtained by the use of crutch tips". Attachment is effected bya wood screw 36, which takes the place of the nail of Figures 1,` 2, and 3, and the pin of Figure 4. The head 38 of the wood'gscrew is shown as countersunk in' relation to the member 20 in the same manner 5 eral embodiments `of my invention, it is to be 10 understood that these embodiments are illustrative only, and they are not to be interpreted as limiting' my invention in any sense and it will be further understood that my invention may be embodied in many other forms without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as dened in the appended claims. Y,

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use,`what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl i. A furniture leg shoel comprising an outer rigid member andan inner resilient element, said outer member having a. door-engaging surfaceand an upwardly opening cavity, and said inner velement being positioned withinv said cavity, and 25 the rim portions surrounding the mouth of said cavity being adapted to engage the lower surface of .a furniture leg associated with the shoe, and the periphery of said door-engaging surface lying outside of the vertical projection of said furniture -30 leg engaging rim portionat al1 points thereof, i',

-means on said resilientpportion engaging Acooperating means on said outer member for ref' taining said resilient element within said outer portion. and means for fastening said resilient 85 element to a furniture leg, said fastening means having an enlarged head at one end thereof adapted to engage said resilient inner element and retain it thereon when said fastening means has passed'- through said element and is in place 40. a

in a furniture leg.

2.- A furniture leg shoe comprising ,an outer rigid member and an in ner resilient element, said outerfmember having a floor-engaging surface and an upwardly opening cavity, and said inner 45 element being positioned within said cavity, and the portions oi' the upper surface of the outer-v member surrounding the mouth of said cavity being adapted to engage the lower surface of a `furniture leg associated with the shoe, 'and the 50 periphery of said door-engaging surface lying out-G p Y side of the vertical'projection of said furniture leg engaging rim portion at all points thereof,

means on said resilient portion engaging cooperating means"onfsaid outer member for retaining y said resilient element within said outer portion,

and means for fastening said resilient element to 3; In a furniture legshoea rigid member having a floor contacting surface adapted to set on a floor during the'normal us`of said shoe, a fastions being so disposed that their projection on said floor-contacting surface lies within the periphery of said door-containing surface.

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